Today we have two articles about the destruction Iran is planning. One from FOX and one from WND.

EDITORS’ NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.

Iran’s president unveiled an upgraded version of one of its short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles Tuesday, amid a report that a top Israeli national security adviser met with a prominent rabbi hoping to persuade him in favor of an attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

The upgraded version of the missile was revealed just weeks after it was test-fired, the country’s state-media reported.

At the ceremony for Fateh-110, or Conqueror, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a group of defense officials that Iran wants to advance its defense technology “not in an aggressive context, but as a deterrence.”

“We do not seek it for conquest, domination of neighboring countries and the world. We do not want it because of defiance,” said Ahmadinejad, according to state TV.

Analysts say because Israel now believes diplomacy has failed to halt Iran’s nuclear program and the Jewish state’s very survival is at stake, Israelis have not ruled out a Jericho III missile launch to detonate a single electromagnetic pulse warhead at high altitude over central Iran.

The assessment is underscored by recent comments from Israeli officials that the Islamic republic is reaching its “zone of immunity” from conventional military attack on its nuclear sites.

In addition, analysts point out the use of long-range aircraft with refueling capability would be highly complex and pose many logistical problems. Israel also probably would not be allowed overflight permission from Turkey, Iraq or Saudi Arabia to reach its Iranian targets. Further, such an approach would minimize any element of surprise.

Meanwhile, top religious and political officials in Iran have issued repeated warnings they plan to obliterate the Jewish state.

Israel has made an assessment that Iran is on the threshold of a breakthrough to make a nuclear weapon.

Given that Iranian sites may be hardened against a conventional military attack, several Israeli and foreign sources believe that Israel has a nuclear device to create an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, that would produce little radiation on the ground but could knock out all of Iran’s electronics.

Sources say that an Israeli EMP attack also would effectively halt Iran’s ability to launch its forces to block the Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has threatened to do if it is attacked, along with targeting a number of U.S. military facilities in the region, as well as Israel.

An electromagnetic pulse occurs following a nuclear weapon exploded at a high altitude, creating a very strong electrical field that can overwhelm all electronics, knocking out or seriously damaging any electronic devices connected to power sources or antennas, including communications equipment, computers, electrical appliances, automobile and aircraft ignitions systems. Experts say it also can adversely affect a person’s implanted heart pacemaker device.

The effect from an EMP would be very similar to electronics in a near lightning strike or a solar storm which also can affect electronics but on a lesser scale than a pulse from a high-altitude nuclear explosion.

Another scenario discussed among some Israeli leaders is the detonation of an EMP over the entire Middle East, including Israel, whose military infrastructure has been hardened against such attacks. This would allow Israel to fly its jets directly to Iran without concerns about detection. Though it would also turn out the lights in Israel, sources there say the Jewish state could bring power back for civilians in a matter of days. A detonation at an altitude of up to 250 miles not only would affect all electronics in Iran but could damage electrical systems from the Middle East and much of Europe, these experts add. Such an EMP event also would dramatically affect all U.S. military facilities in the region.

Back in 2004 Sheik Jamal Said, imam of the Bridgeview mosque, stood before the packed mosque and worked the crowd like an auctioneer. While religious leaders often mine congregations for charity, this scene at the Mosque Foundation in suburban Bridgeview stands out for two reasons.

The recipient of the worshipers’ generosity was Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian activist accused by the U.S. government of aiding terrorists. And the prayer leader’s passionate appeal is a reflection of the ascendancy of Muslim hard-liners at the mosque, one of the most outspoken and embattled in the U.S.

The mosque did not become this way without a struggle. Relying on hundreds of documents and dozens of interviews, the Tribune has pieced together the details of a bitter fight in Bridgeview that saw religious fundamentalists prevail over moderates.

Gaza rally in downtown Chicago…sheik Jamal Said speaks.

June 1, 2010: American Muslims for Palestine and the Free Gaza Movement organized an emergency demonstration to protest Israel’s attack on a humanitarian aid convoy heading towards the besieged Gaza Strip.

Sheikh Jamal Said is the speaker in this clip:

And THAT is who Quinn knelt down before!

Gov. Pat Quinn celebrated the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a ceremony that drew 15,000 people to Toyota Park(7000 S. Harlem) on Sunday morning in the southwest suburb of Bridgeview

Gov. Pat Quinn joins in prayer with Chicago area Muslims during Salaat al-Eid at Toyota Park, which celebrates the end of Ramadan (the holy month of fasting observed by Muslims). Sunday, August 19, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Sun Times

Chicago area Muslims participate in Salaat al-Eid at Toyota Park, which celebrates the end of Ramadan (the holy month of fasting observed by Muslims). Sunday, August 19, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Sun Times

I leave you with this image. This is JUST one representation of Infiltration…

Gov. Quinn also decried recent attacks against local Muslims, citing a shooting at a Morton Grove mosque, an attack on an Islamic school in Lombard and the desecration of a grave in an Evergreen Park cemetery.

Incidentally, in the same area not too long ago, a Muslim student faked a hate attack against herself, resulting in an immense outpouring of support and sympathy for her from fellow students and officials at her college.

Patriots, can you imagine this is JUST one imam but one that works out of Obama’s hometown. Realize that islam has thrived in Chicago.

Records in 1996 indicated the Greater Chicago area has over eighty Islamic organizations and most of them attached to an Islamic center or a mosque. The estimated population of Muslims in Cook and the collar counties is 350,000, almost 5% of the total population of the region. The Muslims have surpassed the population of Jews and many other ethnic groups.

Obviously bowing to islam is not JUST for Obama but for my home state completely…

A bug that threatens the region’s $219 million citrus industry is rapidly spreading across San Diego and Riverside counties, despite efforts to eradicate it when found, according to sources who confirm six more cases have been reported in recent weeks.

Three of the cases are the first reported in Temecula.

In addition to the six cases, two other cases were reported earlier this summer in June and July in Fallbrook and Valley Center, in what is becoming quickly a growing problem for the local citrus industry. A dozen cases have been confirmed in Murrieta, with five in July alone.

“We’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that these populations (of bugs) will build up on us,” said Ted Batkin, president of the Visalia-based California Citrus Board.

“We can’t eradicate them like fruit flies. We are now beginning to see population areas move outside of the border area” with Mexico, Batkin said. “We are not surprised, but it is a frustration. It just means that there has to be a little more treatment than we anticipated.”

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

If a dreaded citrus tree disease found last spring in the Los Angeles area were to spread to Yuma, it could be devastating to the multimillion-dollar citrus industry here as well as homeowners’ ability to enjoy fresh fruit grown in their own backyards, warned a California agriculture official.

With the confirmation in LA of the disease, huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, it is even more critical to take such proactive measures, he said.

HLB is a bacterial disease that attacks the vascular system of plants. It does not pose a threat to humans or animals. The bacteria causing the disease can be spread by infected Asian citrus psyllids as the pest feeds on citrus trees and other plants. Once a tree is infected, there is no cure; it typically declines and dies within a few years.

~ Do YOU want to take that chance the bacteria won’t harm humans?

“Buying trees from local suppliers is the best source if people want to plant citrus,” Batkin said.

He noted that the infected tree in the backyard of a home in the LA area was brought in from another country. “We see a lot of that.”

Today in Florida Paul Ryan stressed the fact of Government employee retirements and the exorbitant costs to US via Medicare etc. :

More than 21,000 retired federal workers receive lifetime government pensions of $100,000 or more per year, a USA TODAY/Gannett analysis finds. Of these, nearly 2,000 have federal pensions that pay $125,000 or more annually, and 151 take home $150,000 or more. Six federal retirees get more than $200,000 a year.

Some 1.2% of federal retirees collect six-figure pensions. By comparison, 0.1% of military retirees collect as much. The New York State and Local Retirement System pays 0.2% of its retirees pensions of $100,000 or more. The New Jersey retirement system pays 0.4% of retirees that much. Comparable private figures aren’t available.

C Span Book TV:

In his new book, Shadowbosses, by Mallory Factor examines the power and the corruption of government union bosses who manipulate our political system for their own advantage. He provides examples of how money now flows from government employee unions to politicians and back again to the same unions in a never-ending cycle of greed. As a result, he argues that the unions’ interests come first, the workers’ interests second, and the citizens’ interests always come in a distant last place. Furthermore, he posits that these “shadowbosses,” who have organized federal, state, and local government employees, are not only driving America down the path to financial ruin but also are a threat to workers’ freedoms and even our American way of life.

~ Anything but talking about the issues, DEFLECT! Alinsky tactics…Personally I’d rather Romney discusses the ‘Obama Tax’ and REPEAL it:

Rule 7: A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag. Man can sustain militant interest in any issue for only a limited time, after that it becomes a ritualistic commitment, like going to church on Sunday mornings.

Rule 11: If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.

NOTE: Also, the target must be personalized, not an abstraction. Because once you personalize it, then you get to see who the real enemy is.

FROM ABC NEWS – Feb 7, 2008: Sen. Barack Obama “called on his rival Sen. Hillary Clinton to release her recent income tax returns – a move the Clintons have long resisted. Strapped for campaign cash, Clinton announced this week that she loaned her presidential committee $5 million of her own personal funds, but it was not immediately clear how she came by that much money.

The bond of brotherly love can never be broken. Kesho and Alf, two Gorilla brothers, were recently reunited after being separated for three years. Clearly, it took no time for the two to get reacquainted!

The two grew up together at the Dublin Zoo, but were separated when Kesho was sent to another zoo for breeding.

“The color of your skin is your sin,” the police commander told one of the plaintiffs when asked why he was being demoted and the black officers were not, according to the suit.

Eleven Chicago police officers are suing the city over claims they were demoted from the mayor’s security detail when Rahm Emanuel took office because they weren’t politically connected and aren’t black.

The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Illinois, contains explosive accusations that the officers had their civil rights violated after Emanuel took office last year.

The officers charge that shortly after Emanuel was elected in February 2011, the city government began to bring people associated with the Emanuel campaign on board — both those who volunteered on Emanuel’s security detail during the campaign and others who were “politically involved.”

Within a few weeks, the suit says, most of the defendants were removed from the detail “without just cause or any explanation” and were demoted in title, rank and pay. Meanwhile, they allegedly were replaced by Emanuel’s former security detail volunteers and others with a “political connection.”

The demoted officers were sent to work in city police districts. Three of the 11 briefly retained their title, going to work on the detail for former mayor Richard M. Daley, but were soon removed from that detail as well and reassigned.

The suit claims the officers were removed in violation of an order known as the Shakman Decree, which prohibits political considerations in hiring. Further, the officers claim race was a factor, as the black officers on the mayor’s security detail kept their jobs during the administration change.

In 1969, one man made his stand against the Chicago political machine. Michael Shakman, an independent candidate for delegate to the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention, battled against one of the most enduring traditions in Chicago’s politics: political patronage, or the practice of hiring and firing government workers on the basis of political loyalty. With many behind-the-scenes supporters, Shakman’s years of determination resulted in what became known as the “Shakman decrees.”